For the purposes of this chapter, the term, mortgage loan originator, means an individual who for compensation or gain or in the expectation of compensation or gain takes a mortgage loan application or offers or negotiates terms of a mortgage loan.

A mortgage loan originator does not include:

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 54-14-12.2

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC

(1) An individual engaged solely as a loan processor or underwriter except as otherwise provided in § 54-14-12.1

(2) An individual or entity that performs only real estate brokerage activities and is licensed or registered in accordance with applicable South Dakota law, unless the individual or entity is compensated by a lender, a mortgage broker, or other mortgage loan originator or by any agent of such lender, mortgage broker, or other mortgage loan originator; or

(3) Any individual or entity solely involved in extensions of credit relating to timeshare plans, as that term is defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101(53D) as of January 1, 2009.

Source: SL 2009, ch 251, § 3.